This Lamp Gets Its Glow From a Fashionable Collar Worn 400 Years Ago
The ambient lighting market keeps growing, and yet most table lamps still work the same way they always have: they point light directly at you…
Concept Designs
Jantzen’s EV Station Turns the Desert’s Worst Feature Into Its Power
Electric vehicles have been gaining ground steadily, but one of the more stubborn problems hasn’t been the cars themselves; it’s been finding somewhere to charge…
The Lunch Box Where One Ring Holds Everything Together
Most lunch boxes start with the food. Designer Heegun Yun started with the spoon. The result is the Ring Lunch Box, a three-tier modular meal…
AQUA HUMAN Is a Dive Suit Concept Built Around the Body, Not the Tank
The way divers go underwater hasn’t fundamentally changed much in decades. You strap tanks to your back, manage hoses, regulate breathing, and navigate a system…
The Nova Chaise Lounge That’s More Sculpture Than Furniture
Most furniture earns its place in a room by being useful. The Nova Chaise-Lounge, designed by Stuttgart-based designer Deniz Aktay, earns it by being unforgettable….
Japan Just Redesigned the Humble Market Stall
Most market stalls are, at best, an afterthought. You’ve seen them: mismatched canopies, folding tables dragged out from a storage room, zip-tied banners flapping in…
Your Voice Wearable and Robot Hear the Words Mute People Can’t Say
For most people, saying something as simple as “good morning” to a stranger or asking for directions takes no effort at all. For the tens…
A Bookrack That Started as a Rectangle and Refused to Stay One
Most furniture design starts with a question about function and ends there. Deniz Aktay, the designer behind the studio @dezinobjects, apparently decided to start with…
This Cup Replaces the Kettle So Visually Impaired Users Make Tea Alone
For most people, making a morning cup of tea or coffee is an almost automatic routine. But for someone who can’t see, the same steps…
A Stool With Six Legs Just Made Four Feel Outdated
The humble stool has barely changed in centuries. Four legs, a flat seat, done. It exists in every cafe, classroom, kitchen island, and co-working space…
This Lounge Chair’s Shape Is Precisely Why Two of Them Make a Sofa
Modular seating tends to be either complicated or a compromise. The sectional sofa has never really solved the fundamental problem that living situations change, people…
This Side Table Has No Legs: Its Two Storage Units Are the Structure
Side tables rarely demand much attention. They hold a drink, a lamp, or a book, and that’s essentially all anyone expects from them. The more…
What Happens When You Stop Fighting the Rain and Design With It
Most architects treat rain as an obstacle. Drain it. Redirect it. Keep it away from the interior at all costs. Australian architect Steven Chu had…
This Levitating Orb Lamp Drifts Toward You in the Dark Before You Ask
Artificial lighting has come a long way, but most of it still operates on the same basic logic. You plug something in, it stays where…
Hyundai Boulder off-road SUV has Bronco and Wrangler in its crosshair
Hyundai has clearly shown its keen interest in off-road SUVs with the Crater concept, and now, to celebrate four decades of success in the United…
The Desk Organizer That Looks Like a Rice Field
Most desk organizers are an afterthought. You buy one because your pens are rolling off the edge or your sticky notes have formed some kind…